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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Paediatr Dent. 2010 May;20(3):222–229. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2010.01031.x

Table 2.

Early childhood protein-energy malnutrition (ECPEM) Haitian adolescents.

ECPEM
Malnutrition (50.5%) No malnutrition (49.5%)
Age
 12–13 (n = 30) 15 (51.7) 14 (48.3)
 14–15 (n = 42) 27 (67.5) 13 (32.5)
 16–19 (n = 24) 16 (66.7) 8 (33.3)
Sex
 Male 32 (60.4) 21 (39.6)
 Female 26 (65.0) 14 (35.0)
SES*
 Poor 6 (37.5) 10 (62.5)
 Poorer 20 (58.8) 14 (41.2)
 Poorest 32 (80.0) 8 (20.0)
Village
 1 33 (67.3) 16 (32.7)
 2 14 (60.9) 9 (39.1)
 3 11 (52.4) 10 (47.6)
CPI score, mean (SD) 1.63 (0.57) 1.42 (0.62)

Values within parenthesis are expressed in percentage. SES, socioeconomic status; CPI, Community Periodontal Index.

*

P ≤ 0.05, χ2 = 6.2, d.f. = 2.